Providing desks for local students
Photo courtesy of Landscaping Services
Freshly painted desks in bright colors and adorned with flowers, hearts, peace signs, animals and clouds lined Manchester Plaza Wednesday.
Several hundred Wake Forest students welcomed about 50 elementary school students to campus to paint their very own desk during the annual D.E.S.K. project.
Wake Forest students started D.E.S.K. (Discovering Education through Student Knowledge) 11 years ago to provide desks to underprivileged children who needed a place to study and learn in their homes. This year, 55 students from Old Town Elementary School received desks. Organizers buy the desks from thrift stores and Craigslist.